The Nigerian Senate
The Senate on Thursday screened 14 nominees out of the 43 sent to it by President Muhammadu Buhari.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the figure is in addition to the 10 screened by the lawmakers, on Wednesday when the exercise began.
Those screened include- Sen. Tayo Alasoadura (Ondo), Abubakar Aliyu (Yobe), Mustapha Shehuri (Borno), Retired Maj. Gen. Bashir Magashi (Kano) , Mrs Zubairu Dada (Niger) and Timipre Slyva (Bayelsa).
Others are – Mrs Ramatu Aliyu (Kogi), Niyi Adebayo (Ekiti), Mohammed Abdullahi (Nassarawa), Sunday Dare (Oyo), Muhammadu Bello (Adamawa), Sen. Chris Ngige (Anambra) and Sadiya Umar-Farouk (Zamfara).
The President of the Senate, Dr Ahmad Lawan announced at the end of Thursday’s screening that eight more would be screened on Friday.
Lawan said those scheduled for Friday included- Goody Jeddy-Agba (Cross River), Dr Osagie Ehanire (Edo), Suleiman Adamu (Jigawa), Hadi Sirika (Kaduna), Abubakar Malami (Kebbi), Gbemisola Saraki (Kwara), Mrs Pauline Tallen (Plateau) and Muhammdu Dingyadi (Sokoto).(NAN)
